BELIZE CITY, BELIZE (Aaron Simonsky, Energy Analytics Institute, 11.Feb.2025) — SMC Global announced further expansion into Latin America with establishment of SMC Argentina. This follows [more…]
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Venezuela Briefs: LPG Shortage, Eni On Nabarima
(Energy Analytics Institute, 23.Oct.2020) — Energy briefs from Venezuela regarding ongoing shortages of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) and Italy’s Eni submitting a proposal regarding the [more…]
US-Venezuela Dispute Delays Oil Storage Transfer
(Argus, 13.Oct.2020) — Italian Eni’s plan to drain a Venezuelan floating oil storage vessel considered a potential environmental risk has been delayed for weeks because [more…]
Saipem To Build 450 MW Offshore Wind Farm In Italy
(Reuters, 25.Aug.2020) — Italy’s Saipem has signed an agreement to build a 450 megawatt (MW) offshore wind farm in the Adriatic Sea in northern Italy, [more…]
PdV Restarts Coker For Export Via Cuba
(Argus, 20.May.2020) — State-owned PdV has partially restarted a 70,000 b/d delayed coker which had been off line for over a year at its 305,000 [more…]
Fuel Trickling Into Venezuela, Oil Loading
(Argus, 24.Mar.2020) — Some gasoline is trickling into Venezuela, while a few crude cargoes are still getting out, but the volumes and revenue are dwarfed [more…]
Saipem Inks Subsea Contract In Guyana
(Saipem, 14.Nov.2019) — Milan-based Saipem has been awarded a subsea contract by ExxonMobil subsidiary Esso Exploration and Production Guyana Limited (EEPGL) for the proposed Payara [more…]
Enel Says Chile Ops Not Affected By Unrest
(Reuters, 21.Oct.2019) — Italy’s biggest utility Enel said on Monday its business in Chile had not been impacted by the unrest which has hit the [more…]
Siemens Turbine Generator To Power Eni Mexico Area 1
(Siemens, 9.Jul.2019) — Siemens will provide MODEC with three 34-megawatt (MW) SGT-A35 gas turbine power generation packages that will power MODEC’s floating production, storage, and [more…]
Eni Starts Production Offshore Mexico At Area 1
(Eni, 2.Jul.2019) — Eni has started the early production phase from the Miztón field in Area 1, located in the Campeche Bay offshore Mexico. This [more…]
Initiatives In The Circular Economy: Eni
(Eni, 6.Jun.2019) — In order to ensure long-term growth in the future, the Company must be economically, technically and environmentally efficient. Efficiency is a broad [more…]
Italy’s Eni Awarded High Potential Exploration Block Offshore Argentina
(Eni, 20.May.2019) — The award of block MLO 124 is the outcome of the consortium’s successful bid in the International Bid Round “Ronda Costa Afuera [more…]
Rovuma LNG Development Plan Approved By Mozambique Government
(Eni, 14.May.2019) — Mozambique Rovuma Venture said today that the government of Mozambique had approved its development plan for the Rovuma LNG project, which will [more…]
McDermott Awarded EPC Contract By ENI México For Amoca Field Offshore
(McDermott, 30.Apr.2019) — McDermott International, Inc. announced the award of a contract by ENI México for engineering, procurement and construction of wellhead platform one (WHP1) [more…]
Enel Ups Stake In Chile Unit, Supports $3.5bn Capital Hike Plan
(Renewables Now, 11.Apr.2019) — Italian renewables-focused utility Enel SpA (BIT:ENEL) on Wednesday said it has concluded the purchase of an additional 4.62% stake in its [more…]
Colombia Temporarily Suspends Search For Electricaribe Buyer
(Reuters, 1.Dec.2018) — The government ordered the liquidation of the company – a subsidiary of Spain’s Gas Natural – in March 2017 because of service [more…]
Ex-Venezuela Oil Official Pleads Guilty In Graft Probe
(AP, 2.Nov.2018) The former finance chief of Venezuela’s state oil company pleaded guilty on Wednesday to participating in an alleged US$1.2-billion embezzlement scheme, a major [more…]
Mexico’s Lopez Obrador Pushes Big Oil To Hurry, But Offers Little
(Reuters, David Alire Garcia, Marianna Parraga, 16.Oct.2018) — At his first meeting with foreign oil majors, Mexico’s leftist president-elect pushed the companies to prove themselves [more…]
Shawcor to Provide Pipe Coating Services for Guyana Deepwater Projects
(Shawcor Ltd. 4.Oct.2018) — Shawcor Ltd. (SCL) announced that its pipe coating division has been assigned work from Saipem valued at approximately C$110 million to [more…]
Venezuela the Clear Leader in Oil Reserves
(UPI, Daniel J. Graeber, 31.Jul.2018) – An annual review of energy trends from Italian energy company Eni found the United States is a “game changer,” [more…]
Eni Hat-trick at Mackenzie’s Annual Awards
(Wood Mackenzie, 12.Jul.2018) – Italian major Eni won its third consecutive Most-Admired Explorer title, an accolade awarded in conjunction with Wood Mackenzie’s industry-leading annual Exploration [more…]
PDVSA Owes Cardon IV Partners Eni and Repsol $1 Billion
(Energy Analytics Institute, Piero Stewart, 25.May.2018) ‐- Venezuela’s state oil company Petróleos de Venezuela owes an estimated $1 billion to its partners in the Cardón [more…]
Mexico Awards Blocks In Final Oil Auction Before Election
(Reuters, David Alire Garcia & Marianna Parraga, 27.Mar.2018) — Mexico awarded just under half of the 35 shallow-water blocks it tendered on Tuesday, in an [more…]
Venezuela to Soon Initiate Gas Shipments to Colombia
(Energy Analytics Institute, Piero Stewart, 4.Jul.2016) – Venezuela plans to soon initiate shipments of natural gas to Colombia, reported Venezuela’s new agency AVN, citing the [more…]
Venezuela to Start Mariscal Sucre Project by YE:15
(Energy Analytics Institute, Pietro D. Pitts, 1.Oct.2015) – Venezuela will soon start offshore gas production at the Mariscal Sucre project. Production from Cardon IV block [more…]
Life in a Venezuelan Oil Camp: Tío Conejo Meets Uncle Sam
(Harvard Review of Latin America, Miguel Tinker Salas, 14.Aug.2015) – I grew up in a Venezuelan oil camp. Ever since I can remember, I have [more…]
Seaway Signs Perla Gas Deal
(Seaway Heavy Lifting, 9.Apr.2015) – Seaway Heavy Lifting entered into a contract with Cardon IV in Venezuela for transportation and installation of the Perla project [more…]
Eni CEO Comments on Perla
(Energy Analytics Institute, Ian Silverman, 28.Aug.2013) – Eni Chief Executive Officer Paolo Scaroni comments during a special event at PDVSA’s headquarters in Caracas, Venezuela about [more…]
Journalist Round Table with Rafael Ramirez
(Energy Analytics Institute, Piero Stewart, 31.Jul.2013) – PDVSA President Rafael Ramirez held a small round table with journalist in Caracas, Venezuela. What follows are excerpts [more…]
Speech by Rafael Ramirez from Puerto Ordaz
(Energy Analytics Institute, Piero Stewart, 27.Jul.2013) – PDVSA’s and Venezuela’s Oil Minister President Rafael Ramirez spoke at the closing of the Sixth National Production Meetings [more…]